Massimiliano Blardone

Massimiliano Blardone
 Alpine skier 

Blardone in February 2011
Disciplines Giant Slalom
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Born (1979-11-26) 26 November 1979
Domodossola,
Piedmont, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
World Cup debut 29 October, 2000 (age 20)
Website maxblardone.it
Olympics
Teams 3 - (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 7 - (200113)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 16th - (200116)
Wins 7 - (7 GS)
Podiums 25 - (26 GS)
Overall titles 0 - (17th in 2006)
Discipline titles 0 - (2nd in GS: 2006, '07 )

Massimiliano "Max" Blardone (born 26 November 1979) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He specializes in the discipline of giant slalom.

Born in Domodossola in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, Blardone made his World Cup debut at Sölden, Austria, on 29 October, 2000. He made his first World Cup podium in 2004 and his first victory came in 2005. Blardone has won seven World Cup races and attained 25 podiums, all in giant slalom. He finished second in the giant slalom season standings in 2006 and 2007, and third in 2004.

Blardone has represented Italy in three Olympics and six world championships.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2001 21 40 54 9
2002 22 44 12
2003 23 36 5
2004 24 35 3
2005 25 23 5
2006 26 17 2
2007 27 20 2 44 49
2008 28 35 6
2009 29 28 4
2010 30 23 5
2011 31 54 8
2012 32 26 3
2013 33 46 13
2014 34 83 27
2015 35 107 29

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2004 3 Jan 2004 Flachau, Austria Giant Slalom2nd
7 Feb 2004 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant Slalom 2nd
2005 24 Oct 2004 Sölden, Austria Giant Slalom2nd
5 Jan 2005 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant Slalom1st
2006 18 Dec 2005 Alta Badia, Italy Giant Slalom1st
21 Dec 2005 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant Slalom2nd
4 Mar 2006 Yongpyong, South Korea Giant Slalom2nd
17 Mar 2006 Åre, Sweden Giant Slalom2nd
2007 2 Dec 2006 Beaver Creek, US Giant Slalom1st
6 Jan 2007 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant Slalom2nd
3 Mar 2007 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant Slalom3rd
17 Mar 2007 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Giant Slalom2nd
2008 8 Dec 2007 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria Giant Slalom1st
8 Mar 2008 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant Slalom3rd
2009 13 Dec 2008 Val d'Isère, France Giant Slalom2nd
10 Jan 2009 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant Slalom2nd
28 Feb 2009 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant Slalom3rd
2010 13 Dec 2009 Val d'Isère, France Giant Slalom2nd
20 Dec 2009 Alta Badia, Italy Giant Slalom1st
2011 11 Dec 2010 Val d'Isère, France Giant Slalom3rd
2012 18 Dec 2011 Alta Badia, Italy Giant Slalom 1st
7 Jan 2012 Adelboden, Switzerland Giant Slalom3rd
18 Feb 2012 Bansko, Bulgaria Giant Slalom2nd
26 Feb 2012 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Giant Slalom 1st
2016 13 Feb 2016 Naeba, Japan Giant Slalom3rd

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